IntraServer Technology ITI-90-100250 - Manual (Page 67)

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Glossary of Terms
The following terms are used throughout this guide.
Term Meaning Notes
10/100 Both 10 and 100Mbps on the same port.
100BaseT Physical layer spec. for 100Mbps Ethernet
over various wiring specs.
10BaseT IEEE 802.3 physical layer spec. for 10Mbps
Ethernet over 2 pairs of UTP wire
BIOS Basic Input/Output System
CSMA/CD Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision
Detect. Protocol for carrier transmission
access in Ethernet networks.
EISA Extended ISA Performance
Enhanced ISA
Ethernet IEEE-standard data link protocol that
specifies how data is placed on and
retrieved from a common transmission
medium.
Fast
Ethernet 100Mbps technology based on the 10BaseT
Ethernet CSMA/CD network access method.
FAST
SCSI SCSI clocked at 10 MHz 10 Mbytes/sec
8-bit,
20 Mbytes/sec
16-bit
Hub Connects 2 or more devices together in
order for them to communicate on a network
HVD High Voltage Differential Ultra SCSI
Standard for
Differential
Devices